Matthew Ryder (Balliol 2013) has been awarded a Clifford G. Shull Fellowship at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States – the youngest person ever to receive this prestigious fellowship.

Professor David Lucas (Fellow and Tutor in Physics) and DPhil student Vera Schäfer, with others, have sped up the trapped-ion ‘logic gates’ used in quantum technology, bringing the realisation of a quantum computer one step closer.

Professor Jin-Chong Tan (Associate Professor of Engineering Science, Fellow and Tutor in Engineering Science) and DPhil student Kirill Titov gave a demonstration on the BBC World Service’s Science in Action programme.